I've been here 6 years ...
I've chosen to become an Australian citizen, and now in a couple of weeks time I will vote for the first time in federal and state elections. I've done the local elections couple of years ago. Honestly was not impressed with who won, so I moved. That was a joke, we didn't move because a labor thug won our ward, there were a lot more pressing and urgent reasons why we sold the house and moved. But yes, as you can tell, I don't have much time for the labor party.
Here's what I've learned in these 6 years ( for my fellow dual nationals ) :
1) There are many more choices than liberal or labor, the media however goes to great lengths to ensure you don't hear about them.
2) Liberals and labor stand for very little beyond points scoring and keeping power. There are very few debates of substance , and if you want to know what they stand for you're going to have to do a lot of your own leg work.
3) Labor is run by corrupt union thugs, and funded by the same, and the Liberals are usually religious sexist bigots, a la AssHat Abbott. If there are reasonable people hiding in there, the aforementioned media have gone to great lengths to keep them hidden from the public for fear of not selling newspapers.
4) The media control this country, and don't believe for a second that there is anything approaching a balanced news reporting - it doesn't exist. Take everything you read and hear with a pinch of salt.
5) Political point scoring is far more important than genuine debate on real issues. This is especially true during the last few weeks of an election campaign.
6) There are absolutely no resources available to first time voters beyond an online tool teaching you how to number the boxes on a ballot paper. The entire process is not clearly explained anywhere.
7) our current PM is a politician in the guise of a pro-business elected representative. He's far more concerned with staying in power by towing the religious company line than he is with doing the right thing, hence his flip-flopping and weak stand on marriage equality.
Watch this space peeps, because I have tracked down a full candidate list and will be sharing my research on this blog in the lead up to the elections.
This is Stephanie
Over and Out.
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